End of the Year Survey 2017 – Where I Answer the Really Hard Questions…

It is December 30th and we are hitting the final days of 2017 really hard. So what better way to set into the last weekend of the year then by doing the End of the Year Survey as created by Jamie from The Perputual Page-Turner?

She created this survey way back in 2010 and it is still going. I much prefer to fill in this kind of survey instead of making endless posts with the best books of this and that. Though I do enjoy to see them from others, I just don’t enjoy creating them.

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2017 Reading Stats

Number Of Books You Read: 141 Number of Re-Reads: 7 Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy (surprising right?)

1. Best Book You Read In 2017?

Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho. I am hoping so hard that the sequel will come out next year. You can find my other top books of 2017 here and my favorite 2017 releases here.

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Difficult. But I have taken quite the liking to MacKenzie Lee. I’m very interested in what she will do next.

7. Best book from a genre you don’t typically read/was out of your comfort zone?

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue is a historical fiction and normally not something I would easily pick up. But the author has such a lovely social media presence and the title alone made me want to read it. I really loved it.

8. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

The Emerald Blade.

9. Book You Read In 2017 That You Are Most Likely To Re-Read Next Year?

Sorcerer to the Crown if the sequel does come out next year.

10. Favorite cover of a book you read in 2017?

So many pretty ones like Sorcerer to the Crown, Where the Stars Rise, Language of Thorns, Sleeping Giants, The Last Namsara.

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo. It made me laugh so much. I love Genie’s voice.

26. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2017?

This year? I’m not sure. I don’t think there was any.

27. Hidden Gem Of The Year?

Sorcerer to the Crown.

28. Book That Crushed Your Soul?

Recently The Midnight Dunes. See below, haha.

29. Most Unique Book You Read In 2017?

Where the Stars Rise, I Robot, The Epic Crush of Genie Lo, Tess of the Road.

30. Book That Made You The Most Mad (doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t like it)?

The Midnight Dunes. Because why do this to my favorite character of the book? ._. I will have you know I asked the author this too. So upset I was, haha.

1. New favorite book blog you discovered in 2017?

I’m not sure if this really counts but I did find some new favorite people, haha or people I already knew but didn’t have really contact with before. I knew Jamie from The Perpetual Page-Turner already from The Broke and the Bookish but it wasn’t until this year, and mostly the second half of the year that we got to talking a bit.

But there is also Inge from Of Wonderland and Maraia from Bucher Monster. And all the other people. (But honestly I tend to forget when I started talking to people and sometimes when I really like someone my mind plays tricks on me and pretends I’ve known them for years.)

2. Favorite review that you wrote in 2017?

I think I really liked how I went about writing The Language of Thorns point wise review since it was so different from usual. But I also really liked my discussion type of review of I, Robot.

Omg I’m so excited for Chainbreaker too!! And now I want to read Sorcerer To The Crown?! It sounds amazing (and that cover is absolutely epic) so that’s definitely going on the wishlist.😂You are very convincing. 😉

I was just so excited to see the Farseer Trilogy that I had trouble focusing after that. LOL! (Don’t worry, I regained the ability). If you’re interested, feel free to link this (and any other year-end posts) up to the wrap-up round-up—I’m including year-end wrap-ups along with the regular monthly ones!

Oh my gosh, you’re amazing! 141 books! That edition of Sorcerer to the Crown is gorgeous. I’ve been eyeing this one (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25855734-sorcerer-to-the-crown), but yours is so pretty too. I was also disappointed with Flame in the Mist. I wanted to love that one, but it fell flat for me. I read both Genie Lo and Sorcerer this year, thanks in part to you. So I’m listening! I can’t wait to get to Tess of the Road. Congrats on 500 followers. It is well deserved. Hope you enjoy the New Year!

I had to add The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue when you first mentioned it [you are right, what a title!] and now… the Sorcerer to the Crown. How could I not? I should have read I Robot YEARS ago! WHY HAVEN’T I???

Oooh read it soon. Genie Lo is epic! 😉
I still have her This Monstrous Thing on my shelves to read, and I am really curious about that one as it did not get as much attention (and it is a Frankenstein retelling and I did not enjoy Frankenstein).

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